Peter Nero practice session Moszkowski Etincelles

[mrpolaroid123]

did he miss a beat at the end?just sounds a bit off...

[sll10]

Fantastic! And doesn't surprise me!

[rosenrotmaniac90]

wow i love this guy

[xpingars]

his fingers O_O

thanks for posting i was wondering about the second page thing.. its so hard to make is sound good..

[170672346]

Thanks for posting all these superb examples of one of the world's most brilliant & versatile pianists ht.

[voolare]

He played the Horowitz finale!

[pennymusicMAma]

Love how his fingers fly over the keys! Great

articulation.Most don't know Peter Nero was originally classical master @ Piano. I became

enamoured with his style @ concert attended @ very young age. He was an Inspiration! Love how he integrates aclassical touch into his pop arrangements,as well. -Penny

[kunstderfuge]

I'd sure like to try some of whatever he's drinking, if it brings my pianism up to his level. Nero's easy, relaxed playing is terrifically efficient - yet with plenty of expression and tension when needed. Also had no idea he played classical music. Am bowled over. Thanks for the revelation.

[asdfedc]

Dude he must get a plethora of chicks.

[wyh2357]

wow

[eye2sea]

I "discovered" his recordings when I was in highschool in the 80's. I listened to them for three years before someone turned me on to Oscar Peterson. Being a classically trained pianist with aspirations in jazz, I found Peter Nero's playing and orchestrated arrangements out of this world, incredible stuff. Nice to see he's better than ever, both jazz and classically!

[stringinst]

Peter is wonderous!

[compuryan123]

hey i didn't hear the last note! i feel cheated!

[tcung]

In 1991, I bought a Steinway B,autographed by Peter Nero, from a now closed piano store in South Coast Plaza (Coasta Mesa,CA) not knowing anything about this exceptional pianist except for what the salesman told me that "he was a famous pianist from the 60's". I had not paid much attention to his name thinking that he was probably dead. Wow!! this guy is great. I don't know of any pop pianist who can still play chopin's etudes with such virtuososity.

[allegrissimo]

Stunning performance! Very relaxed technique and just the required lightness for this piece. Although there certainly ARE a lot of similarities with the Horowitz version (last 2 pages division changes are almost identical, same alteration of the left hand triplets, plus the division of the 16ths between the 2 hands). So I do believe he studied the Horowitz version very closely.

[ivrykeys]

FANTASTIC!!! His playing is truly incredible. I've never heard him play anything like this. Thanks for the upload!

[olddocjt2]

This is terriffic playing, very msusical, not raced-through, and definitely not of the type playing we usually associated with Peter Nero -- (and the "Philly POPS". We give far too little sense of pianistic capacity to this man, who has be around in many capacities for a very long time. This performances isexcellent and, with luck, might bring others. Johnn L. Turner

[stxer]

This is incredibly good! Thanks so much for posting it - I never knew Nero played anything other than pops.

[kasyapa]

lovely use of the horowitz ending - more or less. :)

[pianovideo]

I LOVE that he uses the Horowitz ending, as though the influence wasn't already apparent.